Belén Renau
by María Belén Renau
María Belén Renau is a Public Accountant graduated from the Universidad de la República, Uruguay, and is currently in the last year of her Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree at Universidad ORT. She works as an accountant in the area of accounting and tax advice at Carle & Andrioli. Contact Belén.
Digital transformation is an imminent reality in today's business world and implies significant opportunities in optimising time and resources, but it can also generate uncertainty regarding the replacement of human work.
Considering this scenario, organisations such as OECD and WEF have conducted studies on the future of jobs with a high risk of automation, concluding that although it can affect jobs, it has not yet been proven that it is a risk for the workforce, and in fact, quite the opposite. It is estimated that by 2025 the automation rate will be 47 percent (currently it is 33 percent), which will cause the displacement of about 85 million jobs, but at the same time, generating about 97 million new jobs.
Nevertheless, it is important to be prepared to face these changes. It is essential to take a proactive stance, adapt and prepare to work with this reality, not against it. Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby propose five alternatives in their article “Beyond Automation”:
Step up: To achieve a higher intellectual ground, you must contribute with a perspective and a higher level of abstraction than any digital device can reach.
Step aside: It is important to highlight the abilities of the human being that cannot be codified or artificially rationalised (empathy, affection, understanding, persuasion, leadership).
Step in: Even with constant advances, technology has limitations, making human intervention and supervision essential. People must work as a team with the robot – they make sure that the computer is doing a good job, and the computer does the job better.
Step narrowly: This involves finding a specialty that is not yet economically profitable to automate.
Step forward: Technology is in constant growth and progress occurs daily, but it is key to remember that behind these innovations there are people creating them. This involves thinking outside current boundaries, spotting gaps, and imagining tools that don't yet exist: build the next generation of artificial intelligence.
Carle & Andrioli Contadores Públicos was established in 1991 and became an independent member of GGI in 2001. It offers consulting, audit, tax and accounting advisory services. The firm currently has 50 employees and provides services to companies in the industrial, agricultural, commerce and services sectors. Since 2010, all services provided are certified according to the ISO 9001:2015 norms by UNIT and the Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification (AENOR).
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